Threes!

如果今年是2014年，我会开门见山告诉你Threes!是3个人1个晚上灵感火花迸发并经过14个月打磨的良心之作，而2048只是个抄袭开源项目的乐色。 如果今年是2014年，我会详细演示1+2两个元素组成基础元素3的设计是一个天才设计，带来了成倍增加的思考深度，而2048只有一个基础组成元素，很容易被摸透通关套路，只是一个在Threes!14个月的开发过程中就被讨论放弃的原型设计。 如果今年是2014年，我会展示Threes!独具匠心、极简清新风又带点可爱活泼的美术设计，并指出2048的界面极其简陋廉价。 如果今年是2014年，我会讲述因为Threes!初始定价是3美元（3人开发，名字带3，定价3美元）在市场竞争推广中被免费的2048完全盖过，典型的劣币驱逐良币式的悲剧。制作人在社交媒体上一度失魂落魄，放出全部的开发日志并表示以后再也做不出这种小而精的作品。 但今年是2025年，时间带走了一切，只有偶尔还会想起2014年在iPad上第一次游玩时的惊喜。

If anyone reading this tries to pin this game as just a “2048 ripoff”, then we’ve got a problem here, because [i]Threes[/i] is a total original, and has been since it came out all the way back in 2014. I’ve played countless hours of this on my phone ever since the initial release, and after seeing it go from being an underdog amongst a wave of uninspired ripoffs, to eventually being rightly recognized as one of the best puzzle games of its generation, I’m glad to see it finally make its way onto Steam, as enjoyable and light on its feet as ever. Everything from the little [i]whoosh[/i] of moving a piece, to the adorably anthropomorphized designs of the tiles, to the compact minimalism of the game’s interface, is perfectly calibrated to make for an exercise in absolute delight. I will say that it’s not particularly hard to hit a wall with the learning curve here (it took me a solid 6 years of consistently playing just to go from getting occasional 768s to occasional 1536s), and that some might consider the game overpriced, particularly if they’re not as into just fiddling with the perfectly tuned mechanics again and again, as they are into constantly reaching new skill levels at a frequent pace…. but considering all the years and all the time I’ve spent playing this, whether I was at home, at school, or just out and about, I thought grabbing this here was an apt way to show my appreciation for all the pure, bite-sized fun I’ve gotten from playing around with this game for so many years. Another excellent version of a downright wonderful game. 9.3/10